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feminismfem‧i‧nis‧m /ˈfemənɪzəm/ noun [uncountable] - the civilising influence of feminism
- There were many close links between social reform movements and feminism.
- But most of all she won because she understood what was finally at stake in feminism.
- It currently represents 300,000 women with different attitudes to feminism, different class positions, gender orientations and party political affiliations.
- It was' 68, and we were both, you know, radical, and civil rights, and feminism.
- J.B. I don't want to be too obvious about feminism.
- So does feminism have anything to offer?
- The last component of the rainbow coalition that I want to refer to is feminism.
- The use of the term feminism here requires explanation.
believing in equal rights for women► feminism a set of beliefs based on the principle that women are equal to men and should be treated equally: · There were many close links between social reform movements and feminism.· the civilising influence of feminism ► feminist someone who believes strongly in the principle that men and women should be treated equally, and that society should be changed so that this can happen: · The feminists marched in thousands when David Laing urged married women to give up their jobs and stay at home.radical feminist (=someone with extreme feminist views): · In the 1960's I saw myself as a revolutionary and a radical feminist. ► Womenemancipated, adjectivefeminism, nounfeminist, nounhen party, nounmatriarch, nounmatriarchal, adjectivematriarchy, nounsisterhood, nounsorority, nounwell-woman, adjectivewomen's lib, noun ADJECTIVE► radical· Marxist feminism, like radical feminism, regards the relationship between the sexes as political: that is, about power.· Friends, this is radical feminism.· In short, she argues, radical feminism is accusing Freud of not doing something which he never set out to do. ► western· I think it's hard to generalise about western feminism and third world feminism.· Second-wave western feminism has been dominated by racist and eurocentric assumptions.· Woman-centred psychology is grounded in a particular woman-centred form of western feminism.· Postwar western feminism, however, is concerned about its own under-representation of younger and older women.· They were inspired by the contemporary growth in western feminism.· It is heavily indebted to western feminism.· Second-wave western feminism began by neglecting or rejecting lesbianism. the belief that women should have the same rights and opportunities as men |